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Understanding 9/11hpr3457 :: Tables
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Summary: How and why I convert tables to lists
Series: Databases
Source: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3457
Original audio: http://archive.org/download/hpr3457/hpr3457_source.flac
Series: Databases
Source: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3457
Original audio: http://archive.org/download/hpr3457/hpr3457_source.flac
Mobile devices don't display them nicely. Most tables can be converted into a list:
| OS | Init | Pkg |
|---|---|---|
| Fedora | systemd | dnf |
| Slackware | BSD-style | slackpkg |
| Gentoo | OpenRC | emerge |
Can be represented as a list. In YAML terms, this is a sequence of mappings.
- Fedora
- Init system: systemd
- Package manager: dnf
- Slackware
- Init system: BSD-style
- Package manager: slackpkg
- Gentoo
- Init system: OpenRC
- Package manager: emerge
A table doesn't always translate exactly to a list, but it probably can be restructured.
| OS | Open source | Landed on Mars |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| BSD | Yes | No |
| macOS | No | No |
Could be written like this instead:
Linux and BSD are open source operating systems, while macOS is not. Of these POSIX-compliant systems, only Linux has landed on Mars so far.
That's pretty casual and loses the visual impact of a table or a list. So alternately, you could summarize what's common and highlight differences:
There are a few Linux systems on Mars. Neither BSD or macOS have yet landed on Mars.
- Linux and BSD are both open source.
- macOS is based partially on open source and includes components from the BSD, KDE, GNU, and other projects.
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